The Piano Music of Fryderyk Chopin – from the Studio of Arthur Greene
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 28th, 2008
The charismatic Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Music Director lands a prestigious guest-conducting slot in the Big Apple, with a Chopin wunderkind in tow…
Marin Alsop will lead…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 27th, 2008
The Chopin-inspired video game Eternal Sonata gets its own movie trailer in Japan (we think)…
Posted in Arthur Greene, Etudes, Nocturnes, Performances on Aug 27th, 2008
Chopin Project Artistic Director Arthur Greene calls Chopin’s last nocturne a curious, but moving, work:
“It is rarely played. Its absolute simplicity of texture may lead performers to experiment with ornamentation, but I believe that it is an expression of Chopin’s new…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 25th, 2008
Thin skin in Polish politics, and Chopin supplies the soundtrack…
Opposition politicians are outraged at a TV commercial, complaining that a bank manager character is clearly an attack on President Lech Kaczynski.
The…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 15th, 2008
Martha Argerich: The Collection 1High words of praise for a remastered and reissued series of Martha Argerich’s original sides for DG – presented in chronological order, dating back to her 1961 debut recording. …
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 12th, 2008
http://www.songpond.com/songs/funeral-march
From a new site called Songpond (“where you learn to play your favorite songs”), they invite you to subscribe and learn to play a Chopin favorite via an instructional video:
Learn…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 11th, 2008
Another Round of Nielsen and a Hunt Lieberson EncoreNew York Times – United States
A roundup of reviews by Times music critics includes a glowing account of pianist Alexander Tharaud’s unique and dynamic reading of the 28…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 10th, 2008
FROM LEARNING TO KNOWINGCalcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India
A very different kind of recital review from Calcutta, that connects Chopin with ’70s crooner Morris Albert: “When singing in public from little slips of paper has become de rigueur…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 9th, 2008
The Good DaughterNew York Times – United States
New York Times magazine Q & A with author Amy Tan, prompted by her first foray into opera — Tan wrote wrote the libretto for “The Bonesetter’s Daughter,”…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 8th, 2008
Fresno Bee (subscription) – Fresno,CA,USA
Reissue on Brilliant Classics of Evgeny Kissin’s early Russian recordings get mixed reviews, but his Chopin concertos earn top marks:
Evgeny Kissin, “The Early Recordings: Mozart…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 7th, 2008
The Philadelphia Orchestra launches its 43rd summer season in Saratoga Springs. Bravos for the Beethoven, but the orchestra’s reading of a Chopin concerto with Emanuel Ax is in need of some Posturpedic treatment…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 6th, 2008
Fliter approaches piano with a bit of an attitudeChicago Sun-Times – United States
Review of Ravinia Festival debut of Gilmore Prize-winning pianist Ingrid Fliter. Her Chopin didn’t come until the very end of the program…
For a trio of…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 5th, 2008
Did Chopin have cystic fibrosis? A Iowa newspaper thinks his heart should be left undisturbed…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 4th, 2008
Polish Radio External Service – Poland
Listen to the Audio report from Polish Radio: New Chopin Museum
“In 2010, the Chopin birth bicentenary year, Warsaw is to have a new-look Chopin Museum. An…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 3rd, 2008
A preview of the celebrity and controversy surrounding Lang Lang, as he prepares to perform at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Tiannenmen Square on Friday UK daily reveals the…
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 2nd, 2008
Posted in Chopin Currency on Aug 1st, 2008
Polish Radio External Service – Poland
News of the opening of the International Chopin Piano Festival in the Polish spa town of Duszniki, tucked in the southwestern corner of the country. The Festival opens with a performance by the…
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